ofo spokesperson Tom Sarris recently said his company wants “to make sure the bikes stay in the community and go to people who can use them,” claiming that ofo has already donated 3,000 of the roughly 40,000 bikes it is pulling from 10 markets around the country to various charities.

“They’re not,” Sarris says, “going to the scrap pile.”

Oh, no? Hmmmm. Because, see, that’s exactly where they appear to be — at least per a photo by Robert Vandling that’s been making its way around the local interwebs this morning. Then picture, as you can see below, shows a massive number of discarded ofo bikes piled up at Dallas’ Commercial Metals Company (CMC) Recycling plant in The Cedars.

Reach out to for comment on the pile, CMC Recycling public and investor relations manager Susan Gerber confirms that the bikes in the company’s possession are indeed being used for scraps. In fact, she says, that’s exactly how her company came by them.

Writes Gerber in an email to Central Track: “Commercial Metals Company purchased the irreparable bikes as scrap metal.”

Cory Graves is the Associate Editor at Central Track. He enjoys not only writing about Dallas and its local music scene, but being a part of it as a member of the band Vandoliers. Courtney Love once referred to him onstage as “my fucking therapist,” which he immediately put on his resume.